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From the article: Dispelling the Math Myths
Studying for math often means doing the math. For me it means going through my old notes and analyzing the errors I've made in the past. Being able to determine where I've gone wrong will help me not to make those same mistakes twice. I tend to focus on analyzing the pattern of errors. I also find worksheets with similar questions to do. Reading through my math notes doesn't tend to work for me. Doing exercises, problems and questions is what works for me. Not only that, a positive attidude can go a long way too! Share your tips/tricks

Math for my son

I need math for my son, he needs help in math he is a 8th grade student that failing math.
—Guest irma

financial maths

I feel that our teacher doesn't understand that work either that why I don't have the slightest clue of what's going on there
—Guest Reinet

financial maths

I feel that our teacher doesn't understand that work either that why I don't have the slightest clue of what's going on there
—Guest Reinet

Online Tutoring

1. Enroll your child in an online tutoring course 2. Help your child get the personalized attention he needs 3. Give your child access to enhanced learning tools. Unlike the traditional classroom teacher, an online math tutor has access to a wide range of teaching and learning tools on the internet that help create better understanding of the subject.
—RayNarayan

logical reasoning

The human brain is not like a book as when filled, use another one. And who was he who could memorize all in "Mr Webster"?, not even the Authors, just a comparison.
—Guest leonard

Solving hard mathematics problems

I always find it easy to solve hard maths problems and here is how:allow your cognitive reasoning to dominate your mind first and dont allow any distraction.Focus 100%,face it squarely until you solve it or combine neccesary materials to solve it
—Guest Kembully

Catching fun with solving mathematics

Solve mathematics with rest of mind.deal with mathematics as a friend and treat it as simple stuff.I always catch fun by solving at least 17 question per day and i've improved my G.P to 4.7 which is first class
—Guest Kembully

Go For It

Don't expect to study math the night before the exam, rather make it your daily hobby! Cramming seldom works for the long term.
—Guest Margaret kgatle

Past Papers

You will find that going over past papers does wonders. Practice them over and over until you get them all right. Questions are all the same, they just change the numbers around! To all your math-problem-solving.com success! Rakiya
—Guest Rakiya

three ways to be a good math learner

I'm not bored to always remind my students, there are three ways to be a good learner in math : 1)Pay attention, 2) make good notes, 3) always do exercises as often as possible.
—Guest deep yudha

Fast Division Trick 1

Division by 5 It is quite easy to divide a number by 5 if you follow the rule:”Double and then divide by 10″. Have fun with the trick 75 ÷ 5 = ? Double of 75 is 150 Dividing by 10 gives 15 Answer = 15 Let’s try one more. 44 ÷ 5 = ?? Double of 44 is 88 Dividing by 10 gives 8.8 Answer = 8.8 Time for you to try 65 ÷ 5 = 73 ÷ 5 = 18 ÷ 5 = 61 ÷ 5 = 52 ÷ 5 = 49 ÷ 5 = 35 ÷ 5 = For more tips & tricks visit http://www.1-1tutor.com/blog
—onlinetutoring

Practice

Practice a topic every day for 30-40 min or less but NOT more. After regular practice you will not only see your grades boosting but your ability to think rationally & analitically will also expand .
—Guest Harsh

Make your own question paper.

I got my best score in maths when I was in the 7th standard.The reason -- I had to do 5 -10 sums daily as home work and i did not take my maths text book to my native place for vacations .I started making my own sums on sets,linear equations etc.....went at my own pace and scored well when the exams came.
—jesson58

Solve Some Math

Try to solve questions from every subject you have studied then review the subjects that you can not solve it's questions
—KingOfMAGIC

How I prepare for Math tests

What works for me is: I learn my definitions, formulas, etc... then I let it rest for a couple hours. I try to find some activity that will completely take my mind off the subject of Math. Then I do problems trying to remember everything WITHOUT picking at my formulas! I find this method very rewarding, because then I know exactly what I need to review for the exam.
—Guest Ramanugam

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